... in Finland. upstream oil & gas model test correlation basin helsinki university wärtsilä thickness laboratory finland marine transportation ship model ice operation icetech14-164-rf wilkman page number model testing ice model testing model basin new facility A Short History...

... and reliability of potential operations in ice, ExxonMobil has focused on documentation of ice interaction scenarios based on observed historical data, against which ice management strategies can be tested and evaluated. The objective is to help to manage risk during the actual drilling by identifying ahead...

.... Although both towing incidents could have led to disasters, the operator, Shell, was capable of rescuing all personnel and getting Kulluk off its grounding and back to a safe haven. The Kolskaya incident did, however, have a sad and tragic outcome. Both incidents happened during towing in harsh weather...

.... The new Code is broad in scope, covering design, equipment and operational issues. This paper outlines the areas which it covers, the obligations that the Code will impose on a range of stakeholders and some of the main challenges that they are likely to face. marine transportation convention...

... icetech14-119-r strandberg page number prudhoe bay ice road average temperature linear regression analysis climate change ice bridge monthly average temperature operation closing date warming trend ice road operation tuk ice road monthly temperature tundra road Ice Road Operation...

... A number of arctic and subarctic offshore oil and gas operations have been conducted over the past nearly 40 years, both by avoiding ice and by operating in it. This paper highlights the common industry practices that have emerged and their associated challenges. The challenge that is expected...

... Considerable Arctic exploration and drilling experience exists that may be utilized while preparing for the upcoming wave of Arctic drilling and production activities. The many challenges with design and operation of Arctic E&P installations have been exhaustively discussed in the past...

... Because U.S. Navy (USN) surface ships are not specifically designed for conducting Arctic operations, a study was performed to examine and identify options to increase the operability of existing ships in extreme cold weather environments. Previous research about Arctic operations was performed...

... This paper: - provides a brief analysis of the experience of construction and operation of Sevmorput nuclear lighter-aboard ship; - lists the goals and tasks of Sevmorput construction; - provides the description and technical parameters of the ship and its power plant; - demonstrates...

..., particularly within the Arctic Circle. The challenges of operating in the Arctic are significantly different than elsewhere and society demands that companies take every step possible to insure that operations are conducted in a safe, reliable, and low risk manner - for both the crew and the environment...

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... Station keeping of drillships in ice has emerged as a key enabling factor for offshore developments in intermediate and deep Arctic waters. A drillship would have to keep position within strict offset limits for safe operations. This requires reliable information concerning levels of ice...

...-147-rf vollmer page number notation designer artificial intelligence heating operation requirement design temperature operational practice patrol vessel Class Requirements and Practical Solutions to Winterisation Tony Vollmers STX Canada Marine Vancouver, BC, Canada Tony.Vollmers...

..., are concerned with winterization of facilities. We will, however, highlight the need to winterize all aspects of the operation: ‐ It is not sufficient that the vessel is winterized if the staff does not have competence to work in cold climate ‐ It is not sufficient to ensure a good working environment...

... of high resolution radar in detecting hazardous ice, delineation of the open water season and planned ice alerts system. information ice condition open water season hazardous ice water mobile offshore drilling unit detection ju modu ice floe upstream oil & gas chukchi sea operation...

... Spring extended-season ice road operation near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Snap Lake, NWT and Attawapiskat, Ontario is studied in this paper. Spring season operation at each of these sites is presented with a focus on engineering design and monitoring of conditions relative to accepted standards...

... that might be transferable from one to the other. These transferable lessons might be found in the arenas of tools, equipment, protective gear, crew health, safety, habitability, ergonomics, operations, or some combination of the above. The two industries both stand to benefit from a deliberate comparison...

... of the Canadian and ISO standard’s EER risk and reliability based provisions, this paper provides an overview of some of the applicable risk methodologies including the EER analysis. subsea system platform upstream oil & gas operation reliability personnel eer strategy icetech12-144-rf poplin...

... of interactive workshops with icebreaker Captains representing a variety of ice covered sea areas of operation; and ship structural nonlinear finite element (FE) analyses. The objectives of these tasks were to validate current classifications requirements for ice going ships and compare as a basis a number...

... Floating ice offshore pioneering has been performed since the mid 1970s. This paper presents the key lessons learned from 5 such operations of wide geographic as well as operational range. The intent is to present the safety-related lessons from these operations for the benefit of the future...